Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler
“Life or death... on the turn of a card!”
2009•G•2h 10m•6.8•Released
ThrillerDramaMystery
Kaiji Ito moves to Japan after graduating from high school. Unable to find a job and frustrated with society at large, Kaiji spends his days gambling, vandalizing cars, and drinking booze. Two years later and his life is no better. A debt collector named Endo arrives to collect money owed. The debt collector offers two choices to Kaiji: spend 10 years paying off his loan or board a gambling boat for one night to repay his debt & possibly make a boat load of money. Could the debt collector Endo actually be setting up Kaiji? One way or another, for Kaiji it's going to be the night of his life.
Director
Tōya Satō
Writer
Mika Ohmori, Nobuyuki Fukumoto
Languages
Japanese
Studio
TOHO
Cast
Tatsuya Fujiwara
Kaiji Ito
Yuki Amami
Rinko Endo
Teruyuki Kagawa
Yukio Tonegawa
Taro Yamamoto
Joji Funai
Ken Mitsuishi
Koji Ishida
Yuriko Yoshitaka
Hiromi Ishida
Suzuki Matsuo
Taro Otsuki
Kei Satō
Kazutaka Hyodo
Kenichi Matsuyama
Makoto Sahara
Shogen
Satoru Majima
Ryuji Sainei
Kensuke Isawa
Production
Company
TOHO
Company
Horipro
Company
Nippon Television Network Corporation
Company
Fukuoka Broadcasting System
Company
Hiroshima Telecasting
Company
Chukyo TV Broadcasting Company
Company
Shizuoka Daiichi Television
Company
Miyagi Television Broadcasting
Company
Sapporo Television Broadcasting Company
Company
Kodansha
Company
D.N. Dream Partners
Company
VAP
Company
Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation
Company
AX-ON
Producer
Naoto Fujimura
Producer
Masatoshi Yamaguchi
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